When Union forces clashed with a much smaller Confederate army in the Battle of Chancellorsville, Robert E. Lee seized victory with what many consider to be his strategic masterpiece. But Lee also paid a terrible price, as this presentation from May 2, 2013 at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum explains.
Dr. Mark DePue, historian and director of the library's Oral History Program, discusses the battle using quotes from Civil War veterans, maps, photographs and illustrations.